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Successful Psychopaths: Are They Unethical Decision-Makers and Why?

verfasst von: Gregory W. Stevens, Jacqueline K. Deuling, Achilles A. Armenakis

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Successful psychopaths, defined as individuals in the general population who nevertheless possess some degree of psychopathic traits, are receiving increasing amounts of empirical attention. To date, little is known about such individuals, specifically with regard to how they respond to ethical dilemmas in business contexts. This study investigated this relationship, proposing a mediated model in which the positive relationship between psychopathy and unethical decision-making is explained through the process of moral disengagement, defined as a cognitive orientation that facilitates unethical choice. The results of the study supported this model, and implications for theory and practice are discussed.

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Titel: Successful Psychopaths: Are They Unethical Decision-Makers and Why?
verfasst von: Gregory W. Stevens
Jacqueline K. Deuling
Achilles A. Armenakis
Publikationsdatum: 01.01.2012
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics / Ausgabe 2/2012
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-0963-1

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